On Agriculture, Volume II, Books V-IX (Loeb Classical Library No. 407)

532 Pages·1954·15.16 MB·English

by  Columella

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LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS
COLUMELLA
ON AGRICULTURE
II

LUCIUS JUNIUS
MODERATUS COLUMELLA
ON AGRICULTURE
WITH A RECENSION OF THE TEXT AND AN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
fE. S. FORSTER, M.B.E., M.A.(Oxox.), F.S.A.
EMERITUS PROFESSOR OP GREEK, SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY
AND
EDWARD H. HEFFNER, A.M., Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF LATIN, UKIVERSITT OF PENNSYLVANIA
IN THREE VOLUMES
II
RES RUSTICA V-IX
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CONTENTS
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PAGE
Prefatory.Not.e ..... vii
SlOLA xi
Book V 2
Measure—mentand Shapes of La—nd—Number of Plants
to be Set Provincial Vineya—rds Cultivation of Vines
—andTreesforSuppor—tingthem—Olive-treesandNurseries
Pomiferous Trees Grafting Shrub-Trefoil.
Book VI 118
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Oxen, their Care and Diseases Bulls and Cows
Breeding ^Diseases Horses Medicines Mules
Diseases.
Book VII 230
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The Ass —Sheep—Diseases—the —Goat Diseases
Cheese-making Pigs Diseases Dogs Diseases.
Book VIII 320
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Birds —and Fis—hes Farmyard Po—ultry P—igeons-
Thrushes Peafowl AmphibiousBirds Ducks Fishes.
Book IX 420
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Wild Animals B—ees, the—Management of them, their
Diseasesand Pests Honey Wax.